"If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy. But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills his drawers with letters to the people in his world --letters he never intends to send--he spills the truth: he's trying hard, but he just isn't into Theresa. It'shis...

When a high school's star quarterback finds a video of his teammates bullying a new transfer student, he realizes that turning in the video means his friends will be banned from playing in the state championship and without them, the school loses its title bid. Can he choose between winning and doing what's right?

"When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time to...

"For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town. As the team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. But when his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Rus faces an impossible choice: speak up or live in fear. Desperate for change, Rus kneels during the national anthem. In one instant, he falls from local stardom and becomes a target for...

"When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya 'Longshot' Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire...

"Welcome to the All-World School of Sportsmanship, where kids from all over train to become the best athletes in a world obsessed with even the most marginal sports. Peng! follows students Rocky, Sassy, Ven, and Radley--also known as the FOOT KNUX. Together they will master action-packed 'fringe' sports like kickball, breakdancing, and hackey sack. Our heroes battle boredom, the sun in their eyes, their own self-doubt, and strange and unusual baddies...

"Towa and Mitsuki are finally a couple, but Mitsuki feels like she needs to step up her game to make his heart race. She goes to the ever-composed Kyōsuke for help, and he suggests a surprise birthday party for Towa. However, when she brings her boyfriend to the party venue, she finds an even bigger surprise waiting for them both"--Provided by publisher.

"The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our kids"-- Provided by publisher.

Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto doesn't smile even though he's got a natural talent for playing ping pong. As one of the best players in school, Smile feels the pressure to win the regional high school tournament. But will the fierce competition bring out his best or drive him away from the game?

"Mitsuki has been working so hard to prepare for the school festival that she passes out from exhaustion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed... it turns out to be Aya who's come to her rescue, like he always used to. Meanwhile, Towa comes to an important realization of his own-- he resolves to confess his feelings to Mitsuki, and the day of the school festival may be his best chance!" -- Page [4] of cover.